The Pavillion of Turkey at Venice Biennale occupied by demonstrators

The Pavillion of Turkey at Venice Biennale occupied by demonstrators.

The protest against Turkish government entered also the Venice Biennale on June 14. Young people from various social centres invaded the Pavilion of Turkey and hung pictures of the violence perpetrated by the police on the demonstrators in Gezi Park and Taksim Square. Afterwards they launched slogans and leaflets in different languages to support the protest against the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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28.07.2016 // The tfj team feels honoured to receive the Hermann Kesten Incentive Award by the German PEN Center. The Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül are awarded this year's Hermann Kesten Medal.

19.04.2016 // tfj invites its members and supporters to attend the trial against the Academics for Peace Meral Camcı, Esra Mungan, Muzaffer Kaya and Kıvanç Ersoy and to be also present at the trial against the journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül. Both will take place in Istanbul, Çağlayan on April 22, 2016.

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Watch the video of the multilingual acceptance speech sent to the award ceremony in Istanbul from tfj members in Germersheim